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Leon Earned 1,050 Points in Mass Effect

I earned all of the Mass Effect achievements (1,050 points) in the wee hours of the morning today. That makes four games in which I have a gamerscore of 1000 or more (my gamerscore is 8,885 now).

Some details:

I purchased the Mass Effect Limited Collectors Edition before buying my 360.

I played Mass Effect from December 2007 through April 2008, then started up again in December 2008 until finishing it last night, over 140 hours of gameplay.

I had four Commander Shepards:

  • Rebecca, Vanguard; 3 full playthroughs (normal, hardcore, insanity difficulty); reached level 60 (near the end of the hardcore playthrough); over 103 hours of gameplay; both paragon and renegade; once with Kaiden as the significant other, twice with Liara
  • Walter, Soldier; paragon; played up until my last ally achievement (Wrex) popped (level 55, over 26 hours); then finished the Ashley romance
  • Cadence, Engineer; played long enough to get the remaining tech achievements (over 6 hours, reached level 28)
  • Bart, Adept; played long enough to get the remaining biotic achievements (over 5 hours, reached level 16); second time playing the very cool Bring Down the Sky DLC

And even at the very end I was still seeing stuff and hearing dialogue that I hadn't before, and I consider myself pretty thorough when playing RPGs. Kudos to Bioware.

This checklist came in handy.

My main gripes:

  • too many elevators, especially the one in the Normandy that takes like 30 seconds to go down about 10 feet (I wanted to install a ladder)
  • chase camera that insists on following the ground contour exactly, resulting in too much vertical jarring motion, especially up and down stairs
  • low-resolution facial shadows that destroy the "cinematic effect" the game advertised
  • while trying to get the weapon achievements, you want to keep your squad out of the fight so you can get all the kills, but they don't always stay put, or refuse to go where you tell them to
  • annoyingly repetitive "music" in the galaxy map; otherwise pretty good accompaniment

Nonetheless, I loved the game.

Now what:

I need to finish the story mode of Mirror's Edge. I am in the last chapter (9) but took a break since I was having trouble on the rooftops in the dark with snipers on one side and assault rifle dudes behind me. I had to give up on the no-guns achievement in Chapter 5 after trying for several hours to get past that warehouse room with the catwalks and several baddies overhead; finally I just had to grab a gun and mow them down. I don't know if I will do a full playthrough again. I will probably try to collect the rest of the bags (I think I have over 2/3) but will likely just pop in at given checkpoints to pick them up. I am at 400 points and may be able to get another 200 out of it.

There are a few more Left 4 Dead achievements I think I can get, but I'll be lucky to break 600 points.

Plus the two last achievements in Penny Arcade Episode 2 that I was working on. One glitched on me in my first playthrough (fully upgrade everyone's weapons) so I'm hoping the second playthrough will pop it.

I hated the Resident Evil 5 demo. I have slight interest in H.A.W.X. but it will depend on the demo, if any. I've had more than enough Halo so I will definitely be skipping Halo Wars (not into RTS) and will likely skip the idiotically named ODST ("Odious T").

I need me some Sam Fisher or some Agent 47 stat. Call me glass-half-empty but I fear that Velvet Assassin is going to suck.

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